June 25, 2019 Podcast Episode 65: Special Edition with Luke Taylor, a.k.a. The Smoked Brisket Guy In this special edition of Rockcast, we talk with Luke Taylor, a long-time supporter of Rock and the community. We're excited to announce that he's joined us on staff at Spark Development Network as a Ministry Analyst and Trainer. Learn more about Luke, how he joined the team, and why he's called The Smoked Brisket Guy. Read more
June 14, 2019 Podcast Episode 64: You Love Frank Grand? We Love Frank Grand! In this special edition of RockCast, we sit down with Frank Grand, Web Director at NewSpring Church in Anderson, SC. Frank and NewSpring have been an integral part of the Rock community from the beginning. We appreciate their heart for "the big C" Church, and all the ways they've advanced Rock innovation. Read more
May 31, 2019 Podcast Episode 63: Collaboration is King In this episode, we talk about how collaboration is king. It's key to Rock and key to the community. Also v8.8 is out so take it for a spin, and provide us with your feedback. Let's collaborate as we always do! Read more
May 17, 2019 Podcast Episode 62: The Elves Are Working In this episode, we learn the elves at Rock have been hard at work, and it's not even Christmas. Read more
May 7, 2019 Podcast Episode 61: Life.Church and Rock RMS Join us as we interview Information Technology Team Lead Tyler Vance about how they are using Rock RMS at Life.Church. Read more
April 26, 2019 Podcast Episode 60: Special Edition with Robyn Hazen In this special edition, we'll interview Robyn Hazen, debate whether people can wear our Spark orange color, and talk a little truck. Read more
March 22, 2019 Podcast Episode 59: Add a Zero Join our team in digging into the scaling and growth of Rock as we talking about adding a "0" to everything we do. Read more
March 22, 2019 A Dedicated New Home for the Rock Community It’s no surprise, but Rock is growing. And as the community grows, so does the general interest in Rock. All this growth means there is a greater need for a unique, specialized experience for both the engaged community and the organizations that are just beginning their exploration of Rock. Bottom line: We’ve outgrown our website. Read more
March 8, 2019 Ending Support for SQL Server 2012 It's nearing time to sunset support for SQL Server 2012. Read all the details and deadlines here. Read more
March 8, 2019 Podcast Episode 58: Special Edition Emma Alarcon In this special edition, we'll interview Emma Alarcon and find out the circle of people she seems to know everyone from! Read more
February 26, 2019 Security Updates in v8.6 / v7.6 We wanted you to be aware that there are security updates in v8.6 (and back ported to v7.6). We recommend that you update to this release as soon as possible. Read more
February 22, 2019 Podcast Episode 57: Looking Beyond the Hour Hand A behind-the-scenes talk with the Core Team, about what's going on, how we think, and some great things happening in the community! Read more
February 8, 2019 Podcast Episode 56: Special Edition Grace Hansen In this special edition of the RockCast Podcast, we'll interview Grace Hansen and learn about her background and what she's bringing to the Spark Core Team. Read more
January 25, 2019 Podcast Episode 55: 2019 and What Lies Ahead Happy Birthday Emily! Join us for the first episode of 2019 as we talk about the latest updates to Rock, remind you of some of the new toys Chip gave us for Christmas, and give you a peek at the future of the Core Team and Rock itself. Read more
December 21, 2018 Podcast Episode 54: Special Edition - Chip Wears His Sunglasses at Night 2018 has been an amazing year! Join the team as we briefly look back at some of the highlights in our minds. Read more
December 14, 2018 Podcast Episode 53: Where We Are and What 2019 Will Look Like What's coming up next for Rock and for the Core Team in 2019? Listen to this episode for all the details! Read more
November 30, 2018 Podcast Episode 52: Special Edition Arran France Get to know Arran, one of our Core Team members, and discover some of his favorite memories from his first trip to Arizona. Read more
November 20, 2018 Podcast Episode 51: Minting New Talent Get the latest on version 9 and so many of our other initiatives in this episode of RockCast! We'll also look at some of the differences between our community and our core team, and talk about how we support each other. Read more
October 30, 2018 Podcast Episode 49: Special Edition Jess Timony Get to know Jess and find out what awaits attendees of our next Master Class! Read more
October 27, 2018 Podcast Episode 50: Our First Visit to Liberty University Our trip to Liberty University was a huge success! Get the update - and a bit of our vision for the future - in this "out of band" episode Read more